Display form



Nov. 20, 1934. F. scHLAG Err AL DISPLAY FORM Filed May 25, 195]a Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITE STATS PAE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to display forms and more particularly to a form for use in display ing gloves for dress-wear which is shaped like a human hand.

The forms in present use have been made or solid material such as plaster of Paris and the like, which is brittle and easily broken.

Another' objection to the present type of forms is that the fingers are rigid. This requires careful handling or" the glove when the same is nt onto the form, to prevent the breaking eli of the nngers.

In order to overcome these objections we propose to make a form of resilient material.

Another object of the invention is to provide resilient form having a supporting plate which has attached thereto a plurality of spring members extending therefrom into the fingers oi the form in close proximity to the tips thereof. and which will serve to return the fingers to their normal shape after fitting a glove on the form.

Another object is to provide a form wherein the spring members are placed in the mold before pouring of the material for the form, thereby serving as reinforcing members.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and the manner of the utilization made clear, the embodiment of the same is set forth in the accompanying drawing and in the 4ollowing detailed description predicated thereon. Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other and varied forms without sacrifice of material advantages, wherefore the drawing and description are to be taken in an illustrative and not an unnecessarily limiting sense.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a display form in which a hand is illustrated, with parts broken away and shown in section.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the same, and

Figure 3 is a detail section of a modified form.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l indicates a base to which a supporting plate 2 of a display form 3 is attached by the screws 4.

The form 3 is shaped similarly to a hand and includes lingers 5 and a wrist 6 which rests upon the plate 2. Y

Inserted into openings 7 in the plate 2 are the spring reinforcing rods 8, which extend thru the wrist 6 and into the ngers 5 in close proximity to the tips 9.

(Cl. 22E-18.3)

The hand in the present instance is made or" a resilient material such as india-rubber, thereby providing iexible lingers which may be bent relative to each other to facilitate the insel.an tion thereof into the 'lingers of a glove, the spring rods 8 serving to return the fingers 5 to their normal position.

In Figure 3 is shown a modified form in which the plate 2 rests in a recess 10 in the base 1:

Arranged in the resilient form 3 are coil springs 8 which are inserted into the openings 7 in the plate 2 and secured thereto by solder.

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have provided a simple and eiiicient device, which may also be utilized as a support for displaying a shoe or the like.

In this case the shoe is placed in the hand of the form 3, with the ngers 5 bent backwardly, the spring members then serving to return the fingers 5 towards their normal position, thereby gripping and holding the shoe in place.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:-

l. In a device or" the class escribed, in combers.

2. In a device oi the class described, in combination, including a base having a recess in the upper face thereof, a periorated plate mounted said plate and having resilient reinforcing rods moulded in the ngers thereof, one of the ends of said members terminating in close proximity to the tips of said fingers, the other ends extending beyond the base oi' said hand and into and hxed to said plate.

FELIX SCHLAG. ALBERT FUGGITI.

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